America's changing role in world missions.

The Globalization of the American Church is an interesting article by Dr. Roger Parrott, President of Belhaven College regarding a recent meeting of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization where they discussed America's changing role in world missions.

A brief quote:

“The purpose of this consultation was to discuss the changing role of the American Church in world evangelization,” said the Rev. Doug Birdsall, executive chair of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.  “In recent years, many international church leaders have been asking, ‘Is the American Church still with us?  Does the American Church have the humility to learn from us, to work together in authentic partnership?’ We answered several of those questions during the week.”

While American missions have done a lot of good in spreading the Gospel throughout the globe in the last 100 years, several speakers said that the time has come for a change. Theological educator and evangelist Dr. Peter Kuzmic of Croatia said that U.S. Christians must stop acting as if “salvation is in the hands of Americans.”  He said that Western Christians have, along with the good, also done damage to the image of Christ around the world.

click here for the rest of the article...